Lets not jump the gun, shall we?
No, I did not rush off to the hospital in order to experience the birth of our twins. Yet, that is. The truth be told, I did end up at the hospital on Wednesday (March 10th,) but instead of getting there really quickly I slowly, and very carefully delivered myself there in agonizing pain.
I woke up on Wednesday morning with a sore and stiff neck. Figuring it'll go away I went off to work, where I started having horrible cramps in my neck after half an hour or so. I figured I'd better take the day off and went home, thinking that a day's worth of rest should take care of it. Not so. A few hours later my head was ending up in an ever more tilted position, and any amount of staying put didn't seem to help at all. A quick phone call to the local health services revealed I'd have to wait until four o'clock to get treated. I figured it would be OK, as I didn't experience any cramps as long as I didn't move
When I finally got to the hospital I had to keep my head in a severely skewed position to keep my neck from cramping (try taking a really close look at your left shoulder aiming your nose in the direction you're looking. Yep, that's about it.) I went and asked the nurse at the counter what I needed to do to get signed up for a doctor's examination at four o'clock. It's at 1600 hours.
she told me (It was around 15:50 at that time.) I told her I was aware of this, but I needed to know what to actually do in order to get treated eventually. You report here at 1600 hours.
the nurse told me.
I sat down and waited, and after a few minutes the nurse comes up to me and asks: You've got your neck locked up, right?
I confirmed this, and the nurse asked me to come back to the counter and report. I did, and ended up first in line to get examined. When I finally did get to see the doctor it took him around thirty seconds to diagnose the problem, after which I was sent off to get two shots (painkillers and muscle relaxants.) He also gave me a recepie for the same stuff in pill form, and wrote me the rest of the week off on sick leave.
So, that's why I haven't blogged for a while. No babies as of yet. It's still darn probable I'll be a dad any day now, though.
A sidenote:
I've never realized how important having your neck working properly really is. I was totally incapacitated on Wednesday. As it turns out, almost every possible movement you can think of involves the neck. Just try not to move your head all while doing everyday tasks for a while. Now imagine you'd be in severe pain every time the muscles in your neck contract... you get the idea.